Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-02
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would do moro than anything else toward
restoring healthy tone 10 Lis mind.
CHAPTER VIII
Although Carrston stated thar Is came %
me .or aid, and, ii may bo, protection, he
manifested the grea .es. reluctance i'm follow
ing envy pdyiye l offered hm. The ou,ti-
macy of his refusal ID obtain the ass lance
Of the police placed me in a Tredicancnt.
That Madeline Rowan had really dsop-
pearcl 1 was, OF course compelled 10 believe.
IL might even b. possible that she was kept
against her viii in some place 81 conceal
mont I'm such case it bahooyed as 10 take
proper steps 10 trace her Her welfare
should not depend upon the Authorizations
/ and eccentric ideas Of man half ont of his
senses with love and grief. ! ail lut ~
sovel even at the risk OF forioiting Carris-
/ toms friendship, h. put tho whole matter i'm
tuc hands OF the police, unless, IN the course
/ Of a day or two, we heard from the girl her.
self or Carriston suggested some hester plan
CuriousY enough, although refusing 10 b,
guided by me, he made no suggestion ON his
own account lie was rackod by fear and
suspense. yet his only idea OF solving IBIS
dlhicuitics seemed TO be that Of waiting
He did nothing lie simply wal ad, as II ho
expected that chance would bring what he
should have been searching for high and
low.
some DAYS passed before I could get a
tariv consent that AID should De sought.
Even then De would not go 90 the proper
quarter: lut he allowed u.e % summon %
cur councIsa mau who advertised h,m,cl. rs
being "a private detective. This man. or oHe
of hi,mcu, came az our call, and heard what
wa, wanted Of him. CurstQu c.Uo.W,Y
gave him one Of Nodeliues photographs.
ic also told him that only bY watching and
Spying on Ralph CarIi,tou', every action
coul inc hope to obtain the Glow did not
much like the course adopted nor did Ike
the look Of the man TO whom the inquiry
was intru,ad; but, 1t any rate, something
was benZ done.
A vccl; passed without news from orr
AGENT CaTi.'on, in truth. dii NOT 0m 10
expect any. 1 believe he only employed tho
man in Difference ID my wshr'. lie moved
about the house IN n discous1a;o fashion.
had not told him of my utcyyis" with his
cousin hut had cautioned him on Tho rare
occasions upon which he went outoid9ar,
90 avoid speaking 90 strangers, aUd my
servant hal str.c; instruction, to I:D..ut
ans one coming IN AMI taking uy suat iy
surpr,s
For I had, during those DAYS, op,n,l
confidential inquiry u1 my own aocIun'
wanted to laiu something about this ST.
Ralph C9rr~t1n So ] asked mGn who
knew everybody to find ont u'. about him.
lie reported that Ralph tarr.-leu vas
man well known about London. He was
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